Publication Type : Journal Article
Source : INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH
Campus : Kochi
School : College of Nursing
Year : 2022
Abstract : Stress is common among postnatal mothers due to different reasons. Postpartum stress is hailed as a driving force bring out by postpartum stressors (Hung 2001). Stress during childbearing period can have serious negative outcomes on the woman, and the new-born. It may lead to physiological -psychological effects also. This study objective was Methods: to assess the perceived stress in postnatal mothers and to and the association between perceived stress and selected socio demographic variable among postnatal mothers who are admitted in gynaecological wards in a tertiary care hospital, South India by quantitative approach with descriptive design among 60 mothers. The Perceived stress scale was administered to the participants. indicated that, 8.3% comes under the category Results of 'Low perceived stress', 83.3% comes under 'Moderate perceived stress', and only 8.3% comes under the 'High perceived stress'. Analysing the frequency distribution and the percentage, the contributing factors and its association with the selected demographic variables were found out performing the chi-square value (p value), the association of the selected demographic variables with the level of stress was done and it showed a statistical signicance with the 'Job of Husband' and 'Immunization status of the new born' in this study. Early identication and Conclusion: proper counselling of the mothers and their family regarding the identication of factors responsible for stress and keeping the new born immunized can be helpful to reduce the stress and anxiety.
Cite this Research Publication : Perceived stress among postnatal mothers during covid-19AbhiramiSajeev, DevikaVenugopal, Linda Varghese, Volume - 11 | Issue - 06 | June - 2022 | PRINT ISSN No. 2277 - 8179 | DOI : 10.36106/ijsr